School: Benbawn

Location:
Binbane, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
M. Gillespie
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    noise) as there is a fall of water and when it rains it makes a terrible noise.
    "Poll na Gcaoirigh" (The sheep's hole)
    (Leabna mhór) The old man's den as it is supposed that a giant was buried there. The spring well field as there is a spring in it. The plant garden rock, long ago people planted plants they put a ditch round the plants and this is why the field is called so. "Chochcy's hill it is called after a man named Chochcy. There is a place named "Poulafoka" (The water fall) in the town-land of Cornamuckle.
    The school to which I go is called Benbawn which means (The white hill). And there is a mountain not very far from Benbawn school called Bendhu, (Black hill).
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Drumerkillew, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    Olive Ebbitt
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumerkillew, Co. Cavan